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Al-Insān

al-Insān

The Man

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hal ʾatā ʿalā l-ʾinsāni ḥīnun mina d-dahri lam yakun shayʾan madhkūran

Has there been a period of time for man when he was not anything worthy of mention?

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnā khalaqnā l-ʾinsāna min nuṭfatin ʾamshājin nabtalīhi fa-jaʿalnāhu samīʿan baṣīran

Indeed We created man from the drop of a mixed fluid so that We may put him to test, so We endowed with hearing and sight.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnā hadaynāhu s-sabīla ʾimmā shākiran wa-ʾimmā kafūran

Indeed We have guided him to the way, be he grateful or ungrateful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnā ʾaʿtadnā li-l-kāfirīna salāsila wa-ʾaghlālan wa-saʿīran

Indeed for the faithless We have prepared chains, iron collars, and a blaze.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna l-ʾabrāra yashrabūna min kaʾsin kāna mizājuhā kāfūran

Indeed the pious will drink from a cup seasoned with Kafur,

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʿaynan yashrabu bihā ʿibādu llāhi yufajjirūnahā tafjīran

a spring where Allah’s servants will drink, making it gush forth as they please.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yūfūna bi-n-nadhri wa-yakhāfūna yawman kāna sharruhū mustaṭīran

They fulfill their vows and fear a day whose ill will be widespread.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yuṭʿimūna ṭ-ṭaʿāma ʿalā ḥubbihī miskīnan wa-yatīman wa-ʾasīran

For the love of Him, they feed the needy, the orphan and the prisoner,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnamā nuṭʿimukum li-wajhi llāhi lā nurīdu minkum jazāʾan wa-lā shukūran

[saying,] ‘We feed you only for the sake of Allah. We desire no reward from you, nor thanks.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnā nakhāfu min rabbinā yawman ʿabūsan qamṭarīran

Indeed we fear a frowning and fateful day from our Lord.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-waqāhumu llāhu sharra dhālika l-yawmi wa-laqqāhum naḍratan wa-surūran

So Allah saved them from that day’s ills and graced them with freshness [on this faces] and joy [in their hearts].

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-jazāhum bi-mā ṣabarū jannatan wa-ḥarīran

He rewarded them for their patience with a garden and [garments of] silk,

— Ali Quli Qarai

muttakiʾīna fīhā ʿalā l-ʾarāʾiki lā yarawna fīhā shamsan wa-lā zamharīran

reclining therein on couches, without facing any [scorching] sun, or [biting] cold.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-dāniyatan ʿalayhim ẓilāluhā wa-dhullilat quṭūfuhā tadhlīlan

Its shades will be close over them and its clusters [of fruits] will be hanging low.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bi-ʾāniyatin min fiḍḍatin wa-ʾakwābin kānat qawārīra

They will be served around with vessels of silver and goblets of crystal

— Ali Quli Qarai

qawārīra min fiḍḍatin qaddarūhā taqdīran

—crystal of silver— [from] which they will dispense in a precise measure.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yusqawna fīhā kaʾsan kāna mizājuhā zanjabīlan

They will be served therein with a cup of a drink seasoned with Zanjabeel,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʿaynan fīhā tusammā salsabīlan

from a spring in it named Salsabeel.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wildānun mukhalladūna ʾidhā raʾaytahum ḥasibtahum luʾluʾan manthūran

They will be waited upon by immortal youths, whom, were you to see them, you will suppose them to be scattered pearls.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾidhā raʾayta thamma raʾayta naʿīman wa-mulkan kabīran

As you look on, you will see there bliss and a great kingdom.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʿāliyahum thiyābu sundusin khuḍrun wa-ʾistabraqun wa-ḥullū ʾasāwira min fiḍḍatin wa-saqāhum rabbuhum sharāban ṭahūran

Upon them will be cloaks of green silk and brocade and they will be adorned with bracelets of silver. Their Lord will give them to drink a pure drink.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna hādhā kāna lakum jazāʾan wa-kāna saʿyukum mashkūran

[They will be told]: ‘This is your reward, and your efforts have been well-appreciated.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnā naḥnu nazzalnā ʿalayka l-qurʾāna tanzīlan

Indeed We have sent down to you the Quran in a gradual descent.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ṣbir li-ḥukmi rabbika wa-lā tuṭiʿ minhum ʾāthiman ʾaw kafūran

So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord and do not obey any sinner or ingrate from among them,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-dhkuri sma rabbika bukratan wa-ʾaṣīlan

and celebrate the Name of your Lord morning and evening,

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-mina l-layli fa-sjud lahū wa-sabbiḥhu laylan ṭawīlan

and worship Him for a watch of the night and glorify Him the night long.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna hāʾulāʾi yuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata wa-yadharūna warāʾahum yawman thaqīlan

Indeed they love this transitory life, and disregard a heavy day that is ahead of them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

naḥnu khalaqnāhum wa-shadadnā ʾasrahum wa-ʾidhā shiʾnā baddalnā ʾamthālahum tabdīlan

We created them and strengthened their joints, and We will replace them with others like them whenever We like.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna hādhihī tadhkiratun fa-man shāʾa ttakhadha ʾilā rabbihī sabīlan

This is indeed a reminder. So let anyone who wishes take the way toward his Lord.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā tashāʾūna ʾillā ʾan yashāʾa llāhu ʾinna llāha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīman

But you will not wish unless it is willed by Allah. Indeed Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yudkhilu man yashāʾu fī raḥmatihī wa-ẓ-ẓālimīna ʾaʿadda lahum ʿadhāban ʾalīman

He admits whomever He wishes into His mercy, and He has prepared a painful punishment for the wrongdoers.

— Ali Quli Qarai